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Topic: Birthday Wishes on FB and responding (Read 95378 times)

So it was my birthday yesterday and I received a massive amounts of "happy birthday posts". Now normally I reply individually to each post I get, but in this case I think this might actually be rude to others. As in no one wants to have their thread filled with a 100 thank yous from me. And sending a 100 personal notes would just be a way I don't want to spend my morning.

So ladies of e-hell making up these rules, can we say a general thank you post on my page suffices?

Yes. I had that happen, and I just did two status updates with Thank Yous. I do not have time to thank each person individually. Some people do that, and that's great, but I don't think it's rude not to, as long as you acknowledge it in some way.

Last year I responded to each note individually, but I didn't have as many connections as I do now.

I think that the important thing is that you thank people. If you prefer, you could send a separate message to each person who E-mails you through Facebook, but post in your status update a general thank-you.

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I've been in the same place! First I spent way too much time going to every individual page and thanking every person. Seriously, hours. Thankfully, other friends have been far more clever than I have.

The one status update note is nice, but people may or may not see it. I've had friends do both of the following that have worked for me - - gone to every birthday post on their wall and "liked" it. That way I knew they saw it, and they responded casually. Quite fine for the casual-ness of FB. - gone to every birthday post on their wall and commented with a "thanks" or response to the specifics of the note.

I've also seen combos of those. I think the "like" works well for the people that just wrote "Happy Birthday", and sometimes longer notes are better served with a response in the comment line.

I think that's a good way to handle it. I've done some individual thank yous, but I usually post directly on their pages instead of replying on mine so that if I miss someone, they won't see all the responses on my page. Now I usually just do a status update.

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Can I be jealous? Last year I didn't get a single birthday wish on my birthday. Plenty the day before and after, but none the day of. It was so bizarre. Even my parents didn't talk to me that day! I'd love to have the problem of too many birthday wishes to respond to.

Well that's what I did for my birthday in February. I just posted one general thank you along the lines of Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday it was great, or something like that. If there were any people who were offended I didn't thank them individually, oh well.